Topfield TF 5510 PVR User manual

TOPFIELD

TF 5010 PVR

TF 5510 PVR

User Guide

Digital Satellite Receiver

Personal Video Recorder

CONAX

Contents iii

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2 Controlling the digital receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.2.1 The front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.2.2 The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.3 What is common interface? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Setup 8

2.1 Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.2 Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.3 Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.4.1 Connecting the antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.4.2 Connecting to your television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.4.3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder . . . . . . . 15

2.4.4 Inserting batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . . 15

3 Preference Settings 17

3.1 Language settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.2 Video and audio settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.2.1 Television standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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3.2.2 Colour model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.2.3 Video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.2.4 Television aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.2.5 Sound mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.2.6 Radio frequency output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.3 Local time setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.4 Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.5 Adjusting the on-screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3.6 To turn on the time shift feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4 Service Search 27

4.1 Searching broadcasting services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.1.1 Conﬁguring LNB settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.1.2 Conﬁguring DiSEqC 1.2 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4.1.3 Conﬁguring USALS settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

4.1.4 Searching services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4.2 Copying services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4.3 Resetting to factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

5 Daily Usage 37

5.1 Volume control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

5.2 Watching television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

5.2.1 The services list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

5.2.2 The favourite services list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

5.2.3 Viewing programme information . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

5.2.4 Selecting audio tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

5.2.5 Selecting subtitle tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

5.2.6 Viewing teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

5.4 Watching multifeed programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

5.5 Using time shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

5.6 Using picture in picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Contents v

6 Listing Services 47

6.1 Editing the services list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

6.2 Editing the favourite list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

6.3 How to use on-screen keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

6.4 Transferring receiver data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

6.5 Editing channel data on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

6.5.1 Editing satellite and transponder list . . . . . . . . . . 54

6.5.2 Editing television and radio services list . . . . . . . . 55

6.5.3 Editing favourite list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

7 Recording and Playing 59

7.1 Recording a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

7.1.1 Instant recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

7.1.2 Current programme recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

7.1.3 Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

7.1.4 Scheduling a recording using the programme guide . 66

7.1.5 Recording a time-shifted programme . . . . . . . . . . 67

7.1.6 Recording a pay service programme . . . . . . . . . . . 67

7.2 File archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

7.2.1 To delete a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

7.2.2 To sort recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

7.2.3 To lock a recording ﬁle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

7.2.4 To rename a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

7.2.5 To make a new folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

7.2.6 To move a recording to another folder . . . . . . . . . . 70

7.3 Playing back a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

7.3.1 To navigate using the progress bar . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

7.3.2 To play in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

7.3.3 To play in fast motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

7.3.4 To make a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . 73

7.3.6 To play back recordings in sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 73

7.3.7 To play back a scrambled recording . . . . . . . . . . . 74

7.4 Editing a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

7.5 Copying a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

7.6 MP3 playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

7.7 Transferring recording ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

7.8 Formatting the hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

8 Topﬁeld Application Program 79

9 Firmware Update 81

9.1 From your computer via USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

9.2 From your computer via RS-232 port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

9.3 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port . . . . . . . . . . 84

9.4 Over the air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Index 86

1

Chapter 1

Introduction

The TF 5010 PVR/TF 5510 PVR digital receiver is fully compli-

ant with the international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)

standard, and can receive digital broadcasts. For its operation,

you need an antenna, which must be installed appropriately.

NOTE

In general we equate a channel with a frequency. How-

ever, unlike analogue broadcasts, digital broadcasts are not

all assigned to their own frequencies; instead, multiple tele-

vision broadcasts are transmitted through a single frequency.

The frequency in digital broadcasting is usually called trans-

ponder. To reduce confusion in this manual, the word service

is preferably used than channel as a term to indicate one tele-

vision or radio broadcast.

1.1 Features

The TF 5010 PVR/TF 5510 PVR digital receiver has the follow-

ing features:

• Supports DiSEqC 1.0, DiSEqC 1.1, DiSEqC 1.2 and US-

ALS.

2 Introduction

• Can store up to 5000 television and radio services.

• You can edit the services list.

• You can make a favourite list with your favourite ser-

vices.

• You can view information about the current television

or radio programme.

• Has an electronic programme guide that provides an

overview of programme schedules for next few hours.

• You can update the ﬁrmware of the digital receiver to

the latest version, which will be provided by the manu-

facturer.

• You can record one broadcasting service while you are

currently watching another.

• The large storage capacity of the built-in hard disk drive

allows you to record up to 80 hours of programme —in

case of 160 gigabytes— in excellent picture and sound

quality.

• Time shift is a special technical feature available on

the TF 5010 PVR/TF 5510 PVR. You can pause the pro-

gramme you are watching and resume it again at a later

time. Then you can quickly go to whatever part of the

current programme by fast foward and rewind search.

1.2 Controlling the digital receiver

The digital receiver can be operated with the remote control

and the buttons on the front panel.

NOTE

When the digital receiver is off but plugged into a wall outlet,

we say that it is in standby mode; on the other hand, when it is

1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3

on, it is in operation mode. Even when you are not using the

digital receiver, you should keep it plugged into a wall outlet

to be in standby mode so that it can run timer events at any

time.

1.2.1 The front panel

The front panel of the digital receiver has buttons to control

the digital receiver, and speciﬁc lamps and a display to indi-

cate its status. The following indicates what they mean.

TV/STB

OK

REMOTE

STANDBY

TV/STB lamp lights up while your video recorder operates

instead of the digital receiver. See § 3.2.3 for more de-

tails.

REMOTE lamp lights up whenever you press a button on

the remote control.

STANDBY lamp lights up while the digital receiver is in

standby mode.

Front display displays the current time in standby mode,

and displays the current service in operation mode.

STANDBY button switches the digital receiver between

standby mode and operation mode.

MENU button displays the main menu. It is also used to

return to the previous menu from a submenu.

CHANNEL , buttons move to the next or previous ser-

vice. They are also used to navigate in the menus and

interactive screens.

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VOLUME , buttons increase and decrease the volume.

They are also used to change options for a menu item.

OK button displays the services list. It is also used to select

menu items.

Pull the right edge of the front panel to open the ﬂap. You

have to insert your subscription card into the slot to watch

pay services.

1.2.2 The remote control

1



button switches the digital re-

ceiver between standby mode and

operation mode.

2



button mutes the sound. Press

again to switch it back on.

3











UHF button displays the RF setting

menu. See § 3.2.6 for more details.

4



button switches the output of

the TV SCART socket between the

digital receiver and the device con-

nected to the VCR SCART socket.

See § 3.2.3 for more details.

5



button sets a sleep timer.

6



Numeric buttons are used to enter

service numbers and menu options.

7



button switches between the

current service and the previously

viewed one.

8



button displays more informa-

tion about the current programme

or a programme highlighted in the

electronic programme guide.

1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5

9











GUIDE button displays the electronic programme guide.

10



button switches between television services and ra-

dio services.

11











MENU button displays the main menu. It is also used to

return to the previous menu from a submenu.

12



button is used to select an audio track and sound

mode, or a video track of multifeed programme.

13











V+ ,









V− buttons increase and decrease the volume.

They are also used to change options for a menu item.

14











P+ ,









P− buttons move to the next or previous service.

They are also used to navigate in the menus and interac-

tive screens.

15











OK button displays the services list. It is also used to

select menu items. See § 5.2.1 for more details.

16











FAV button displays the favourite list.

17



button is used to select a subtitle track.

18











EXIT button is used to leave the current screen.

19



button displays teletext.

20



button rewinds. Subsequent presses change the

rewind speed.

21



button resumes normal playback speed, or dis-

playes the progress bar for navigation on playback or

time shift. To play a recorded programme, see button

34.

22



button fast forwards. Subsequent presses change the

playback speed.

23



button starts slow motion playback. Subsequent

presses change the playback speed.

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24



button is used to stop playback, to stop recording, or

to jump back to live television from time-shifted televi-

sion.

25



button starts recording.

26



button pauses live television or playback of a

recorded programme.

27



button changes the position of sub-screen counter-

clockwise.

28



button changes the position of sub-screen clockwise.

29











SAT button displays the satellite list with their services

list. It is also used to swap the sub-picture with the main

picture.

30



button displays, miniﬁes or hides the sub-screen. See

§ 5.6 for information about picture-in-picture.

31



button makes a bookmark on playback or time shift.

32



button plays from the next bookmark position.

33



button is used to edit a recording.

34



button displays the list of recorded programmes that

are stored on the internal hard disk drive. See § 7.2 for

detailed description.

35



button displays the services list for sub-screen. It is

also used to specify a block for editing or for repeated

playback.

The , , , and buttons have additional different

functions per menu besides their own function. They will be

guided by on-screen help.

1.3 What is common interface? 7

1.3 What is common interface?

Some broadcasts are scrambled so that only

paid subscribers can enjoy them. Scrambled ser-

vices can only be viewed with a Conditional Ac-

cess Module (CAM) and a subscription card be-

longing with the scrambling system.

Common Interface (CI) is an interface for condi-

tional access modules. The front of the digital

receiver has two common interface slots.

To watch a pay service, you should take the following steps:

1. Purchase a conditional access module and a subscrip-

tion card for the pay service you want to watch.

2. Insert the subscription card into the conditional access

module.

3. Insert the conditional access module into the common

interface slot on the front of the digital receiver.

To view the information about

the module and subscription

card inserted into the digital re-

ceiver, select the Common Inter-

face menu.

8 Setup

Chapter 2

Setup

2.1 Unpacking

Before going any further, check that you have received the fol-

lowing items with your digital receiver.

• Remote control unit

• Two batteries for the remote control (AAA 1.5 V)

• One SCART-to-component cable

• One S-Video cable

• A copy of this user guide

NOTE

Accessories may vary according to your local area.

2.2 Safety precautions

Please read the following safety precautions carefully.

• The mains power must be 90 to 250 volt. Check it before

connecting the digital receiver to the wall outlet. For

the power consumption of the digital receiver, refer to

Table 2.1.

2.2 Safety precautions 9

• The wall outlet should be near the equipment. Do not

run an extension lead to the unit.

• Do not expose the digital receiver to any moisture. The

digital receiver is designed for use indoors only. Use dry

cloth when cleaning the digital receiver.

• Place the digital receiver on a ﬁrm and level surface.

• Do not place the digital receiver close to heat emitting

units or in direct sunlight, as this will impair cooling.

Do not lay any objects such as magazines on the digi-

tal receiver. When placed in a cabinet, make sure there

is a minimum space of 10 centimetres around it. For

the physical speciﬁcation of the digital receiver, refer to

Table 2.2.

• Protect the power cord from being walked on or

pinched. If the wires are exposed or the cord is dam-

aged, do not use the digital receiver and get the cord

replaced.

• Never open the digital receiver casing under any cir-

cumstances. Warranty will be void.

• Refer all servicing to a qualiﬁed service technician.

Table 2.1: Power speciﬁcation

Input voltage 90 to 250 V AC, 50/60 Hz

Power consumption 50 W at maximum in operation

10 W in standby

Table 2.2: Physical speciﬁcation

Size 340× 60× 265 mm

Weight 3.4 kg

Operating temperature 0 to 45 °C

Storage relative humidity 5 to 95 %

10 Setup

2.3 Rear panel connections

The TF 5010 PVR/TF 5510 PVR has a wide range of connec-

tions on the back panel.

RS-232S/PDIFUSB

RF OUT

RF IN

VCR

TV

IF 1 OUT

LNB 1 IN

VIDEO

AUDIO S-VIDEO

R

L

IF 2 OUT

LNB 2 IN

1

2

3

4

5

6 7

8

9 10

11

12 13

14

Check what connections your television set has in comparison

with the digital receiver.

1



LNB 1 IN Satellite broadcasting signal input socket for

the ﬁrst tuner.

2



IF 1 OUT Satellite broadcasting signal output socket

through the ﬁrst tuner.

3



LNB 2 IN Satellite broadcasting signal input socket for

the second tuner.

4



IF 2 OUT Satellite broadcasting signal output socket

through the second tuner.

5



VIDEO Composite video output socket for the tele-

vision set. (yellow)

6



AUDIO L/R Stereo audio output socket for the television

set or the audio system. (white/red)

7



S-VIDEO Super video output socket for the television

set.

8



TV Audio and video output socket for the tele-

vision set.

2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11

9



VCR Audio and video input/output socket for

the video cassette recorder or suchlike.

10



USB USB port for ﬁrmware update and data

transfer.

11



RF OUT Analogue television output socket.

12



RF IN Analogue television input socket.

13



S/PDIF Dolby digital output socket for the audio

system.

14



RS-232 Serial port for ﬁrmware update and data

transfer.

Table 2.3: Connectors speciﬁcation

VIDEO Composite video (CVBS) output

AUDIO Left & right audio output

S-VIDEO Super video (S-Video) output

TV CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV video output

Left & right audio output

VCR CVBS video output

Left & right audio output

CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV video input for bypass

Left & right audio input for bypass

S/PDIF Dolby digital audio output

RS-232 115.2 kbps at maximum

USB 2.0 device

2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver

There are several ways to set up the digital receiver. Set up

the digital receiver suitably to your television and other appli-

ances. If you have any problem with your setup or need help,

contact your dealer.

12 Setup

2.4.1 Connecting the antenna

Whatever sort of connection you have between the digital re-

ceiver and the television, you need to connect the digital re-

ceiver to your television antenna so that it can receive digital

television services.

Connect the antenna cable to the LNB 1 IN

socket on the back panel of the digital re-

ceiver.

Also, you must ensure that there is a connec-

tion to both the LNB 1 IN and LNB 2 IN con-

nectors on your digital receiver, so that both

tuners work properly.

Normally you do that by using a loop cable to link from the IF

1 OUT connector to the LNB 2 IN connector.

If you have two antennas without DiSEqC switch, then you

have to connect a cable from the other antenna directly to the

LNB 2 IN connector rather than using the loop cable.

If you have another digital receiver, link it from the IF 2 OUT

connector.

NOTE

The digital receiver can supply a current of 500 milliampere at

maximum for antenna devices including LNB, DiSEqc switch

and antenna rotor through each antenna input connection sep-

arately but not simultaneously. So if there are too many an-

tenna devices to be supplied with power through antenna in-

put connections simultaneously for a long time, your LNBs

may lack power to operate. So it is recommended to link the

IF 1 OUT connector to the LNB 2 IN connector with a loop

cable even though the digital receiver is designed to operate

over two antennas alternatively.

2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 13

2.4.2 Connecting to your television

Between all the following connectors of your digital receiver,

we recommend you use the ﬁrst connector to get best picture

quality. If your television does not have the matching connec-

tor then use the next connector in the following order for best

picture quality.

1. SCART connector (TV)

2. S-Video connector (S-VIDEO)

3. Composite connector (VIDEO)

4. RF connector (RF OUT)

You should conﬁgure audio and video settings after connect-

ing up the digital receiver. See § 3.2 for detailed description.

To use the SCART connector

For best results with a standard television

set, you should use a SCART cable, plugging

one end into the TV socket on the digital re-

ceiver and the other end into a free SCART

socket on your television.

Some televisions have inputs via Com-

ponent or S-Video connectors rather than

SCART.

If you have such a television, use an appropriate conversion

cable to link the TV socket on the digital receiver to the match-

ing socket on your television.

If you connect with a standard SCART cable, you do not have

to make audio connections because the SCART connector can

output stereo audio. But if you use a conversion cable, such as

SCART-to-Component, you have to make audio connections.

14 Setup

To use the S-Video connector

You will need to obtain a S-Video cable to

use the S-Video connector. Plug one end

of the cable into the S-VIDEO socket on the

digital receiver, and the other end into the

matching socket on your television.

To use the composite video connector

You will need to obtain a composite video

cable (RCA cable) to use the composite video

connector. Plug one end of the cable into

the VIDEO (yellow) socket on the digital re-

ceiver, and the other end into the matching

socket on your television.

To connect the audio connectors

You will need to obtain an audio cable (RCA

cable) to connect the audio connectors. Plug

one end of the cable into the AUDIO L

(white) and AUDIO R (red) sockets on the

digital receiver, and the other end into the

matching sockets on your television or au-

dio system.

To enjoy Dolby digital audio, your televi-

sion or audio system must be able to decode

Dolby digital audio, and you will need to ob-

tain a S/PDIF cable. Plug one end of the ca-

ble into the S/PIDF socket on the digital re-

ceiver, and the other end into the matching

socket on your audio system.

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